Legal Q&A: Can I prevent wires over my land?

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My neighbours want to install an unsightly electricity supply for a field using an overhead cable - can I stop them?

Q: My neighbours want to install an electric power supply for an adjoining
field via an overhead cable from their property. The cable will be
approximately 5m from the ground, but will pass over my land. Can I object
to the cable being suspended over my land?

A: The basic principle is that the owner of private land owns the
airspace above it. If another person erects a wire over that land, this will
almost certainly amount to a nuisance and a trespass.

Wires that already cross private land may well be there as a result of an
easement or